Re: FC2 upgrade-X problem

On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 00:16, Ralph Jones wrote: > I've just upgraded an FC1 installation to FC2,and run into a problem > getting the X server to launch. > > The system had been running Gnome on an ATI Rage 128. After the upgrade, if > I try to boot into run level 5, the X server tries repeatedly and endlessly > to start, usually displaying a blank dark-blue hi-res screen with an X > cursor in the center. > > I've changed inittab to boot into run level 3. From there, if I try to do > init 5, I get the same result. However, I can command startx from the > run-level 3 prompt, and the X server comes right up with my old Gnome settings. > > Next, I made up a test script that runs all the start scripts in rc5.d. > When I run that, it starts up all the services associated with run level 5 > -- the Samba server shows up on the network, and so forth -- and I am no > longer able to run startx. However, if I remove the xfs start script from > this script, I'm again able to bring up startx. > > Next, I tried removing the xfs startup script from rc5.d and booting into > run level 5...and that put me back where I started. I still can't get the X > server up except by running startx from the text prompt. > > Suggestions? Thanks... > > rj RJ, This almost smells like a permissions problem. A couple of things to look for/try: 1) What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log indicate after you try to init 5? 2) Check your /etc/X11/fs/config and verify there are no bogus leftovers from FC1. 3) At runlevel 3 and with xfs stopped, try deleting /tmp/.font-unix, restart xfs and init 5. Also /tmp/.X11-unix and /tmp/.X0-lock if the .font-unix does not fix it. Bob...